06-08-26 MEDM AM

June 08, 2026

Back in 1965, a college kid turned in a term paper outlining a system for overnight, time-sensitive deliveries using airplanes.

His professor gave him a C.

Said the concept was interesting but the idea needed to be "feasible" to earn a better grade.

That kid was Fred Smith. And the idea on that C-graded paper became FedEx. 

This $78 billion dollar company was built on a dream that some stuffy professor decided wasn't possible.

Now just imagine if Fred had listened to that professor... who didn't have vision and was giving terrible business advice without ever being a businessman.

Why is that always the case lol... people who never built anything LOVE lecturing builders about what is and isn't possible. The scariest part to me is a lot of business owners actually listen to them.

I learned this valuable early: stop taking business advice from people who've never run a business. 

Let me add for you to also stop asking for input from someone who's never made payroll, never had skin in the game and never had everything on the line.

The problem is most business owners are surrounded by exactly those people. Friends, family, accountants, even some investors who've never actually been in the trenches.

So their dream withers and dies before ever getting started.

Having access to the right group of people changes everything.

When you're surrounded by people who've already solved the problems you're staring at right now, you stop second-guessing yourself and start moving.



Mark Evans DM

PS: Surround yourself with people who have the vision to see what you wanna build before it exists. This is the room who does it every day.